Confirmed: Fullerton Cop Arrested for Stealing iPad at TSA Checkpoint

Here’s the story we reported at the end of June, a truly embarrassing tale of theft and utter stupidity perpetrated by one of Fullerton’s Finest. And a harbinger of things to come. Forget the final sentence. We now know very well about the moral turpitude that pervades pat McKinley’s police force.

- Joe Sipowicz

The following report confirms that an off-duty Fullerton police officer was arrested for stealing an Apple iPad at a Miami International Airport TSA checkpoint last month. According to court documents, FPD Officer Kelly Mejia was caught on surveillance video taking an $800 iPad from another passenger just after it had passed through the x-ray machine in the presence of TSA security agents.

After the security footage was reviewed, Miami police canvassed the airport and discovered Mejia holding the iPad at the boarding gate. Mejia initially stated that she found the iPad and that she intended to keep it. Upon further questioning, the arresting officer says that Mejia confessed to taking the iPad and was placed under arrest for 3rd degree grand theft (a felony in Florida.)

The arrest report refers to Mejia’s occupation as a police officer and lists the address for FPD Headquarters as her place of employment. Kelly Mejia has been working with the Fullerton Police Department for at least six years and earns about $86,000 per year as a patrol officer.

You want it, don't you.

It’s hard to imagine that this type of brazen theft in a high security zone would be anyone’s inaugural venture into pickpocketing. The authority granted to the occupation of police officer certainly presents many opportunities to bring home a little something extra on the side. I wonder if anything else is missing around here?

And how many pending criminal cases in Fullerton will be called into question if this officer loses her credibility in court? Will this officer be fired or just slapped on the wrist? Is this another indicator of ethical problems within Fullerton cop culture?

FPD sure hires the best and brightest, only a mastermind would choose one of the most high-surveillance areas possible to snatch someone’s stuff. Hope she gets a free Florida vacation courtesy of the FL department of corrections.

Maybe it is the mindset of the whole department and people who generally work for the government.
That everybody owes them, and they can do anything without any repercussions.
A bully mentality “you have to think liberal and what is yours is mine” or you are not a human “bean”
Imagine when the department orders new computers, do ya think that maybe a few would somehow make it to their own houses?

I doubt if this incident will cause any issues for her in court – it’s not relevant to her duty performance (it happened off duty), and it’s not a “crime of dishonesty,” so it will probably be inadmissible in court.

The reason she got so fast is that the TSA knew that _they_ hadn’t been the ones to steal it this time.

But $86K/year salary isn’t surprising for a police officer with a few years of experience in an expensive area of California, where the police unions usually have sweetheart deals. My town has 50,000 people and the chief makes $300K, and most of our crime is drunk driving, selling tobacco to minors, or white collar crime.

Neanderthal Blog Reader :
I’m sorry Fred, you must be dyslexic. We’ve already established that Travis is a GED pud. He’s admitted it here on the site.
Well, he’s admitted the GED part, the pud part is demonstrated by his actions. And Travis as a hero? Wow, you live in a sad, sad world.

I have not yet read any logical or reasoned debate on this site – only emotional attacks on our fine policemen and women – the very same people who put their lives on the line for us everyday and night. The same people who shorten their own lives to protect and serve YOU.

These are the people who will respond when your home is invaded or your vehicle carjacked or a terrorist attack is eminent. If you are held at knife point it is they who will intervene at no thought to their own safety. It is they who patrol your dark streets at night when you think you are safely asleep looking for criminal opportunities.

@Back The Badge; No, you’re thinking of Batman, and your view of the police is just as fictional as that character.
Cops are just people, and they are just as prone to do stupid things – and occasionally noble things – as the rest of us, so please outgrow your hero worship.

$86k is not alot when you work 24/7 365 days a year, weekends and holiday. Try working those shifts and never seeing your family. A theft is wrong but not compared to drunk driving and killing a family of 5!

This is the best reply I have seen on this blog!!! Thank you for acknowledging the men and wome who do work day and night to make things safer for you and your family. The next time that they want to take more of wages or retirement, think about it????? Would anyone of you out there be willig to do the job, be shot at or killed?

Guess again ! The Fullerton Police do not respond when ” “your home is invaded” . Last summer I called 911 because someone was breaking into my garage. I was told by the dispatcher that no one was available to answer my call. When I asked what I was supposed to do I was told it was not their problem. After going outside and screaming at the guy, he ran off. After a few more calls to the dispatcher on the business line, I finally got an officer to respond. I live in fairly close proximity to the disgusting drunken melee that downtown has become and was told by the responding officer that :
a) It was my fault for choosing to live where I do and
b) maybe it was time for me to buy a gun
My home is not setback far from the street. Consequently I can hear and see almost every interaction the police have with people on the street. I think everyone on this site would be very surprised at both the behavior of people on the street and the police response. I no longer bother to call the police when I have a problem. Most, but not all, of my interactions with the Fullerton police have not been pleasant. I no longer bother to call when I have a problem. In my neighborhood, that can be quite often.I have taken their advice and apparently next time it will be my responsibility to shoot the next bastard breaking into my home. Now I just need to make enough money to be able to move out of this shit hole.

I do not believe most of what you say because the police are highly trained – including dealing with the public in a professional and curteous manner.

It’s too bad you live in a crime ridden area, but you can’t blame the police for being under-staffed. Your story just goes to show that we NEED MORE HONORABLE MEN AND WOMEN IN AN FPD UNIFORM!

I’ll say it again: these are the guys who put their lives on the line every time they saddle up to protect your lives and property and your families from murder, rape, and every other heinous crime the bad guys want to perpetrate on YOU!

But what if the home invasion is by the cops, or the criminal opportunity is for the cop to lift someone’s iPad? Thanks officer!

Next time some ‘roid raging MC cop fights crime by hassling my neighbor for driving past a road closed sign to get to *his own house* because every other access is dug up with a huge trench due to sewer replacement, and then even after learning the facts threatens to haul said neighbor to jail if he does it again *even though there is no other way to get to his house* I will be sure to thank that cop. Fight crime.

I am shocked and saddened, after reading these comments. With a few exceptions, they are filled with an amazing level of hate and disdain for the police. How does this one individual (who by occupation is a cop, but was off duty and NOT acting under the color of authority), by making a bad (stupid) decision, stand as irrefutable proof that all police are corrupt? She was off duty! Just a person. Just a thief. I know a few cops, and at 49, I’ve had dealings with police in an official capacity. While I did not appreciate the way I was treated, I was dealing with a person whose job requires, by its very nature, that they may be assaulted, abused (physically, verbally, psychologically, etc.), lied to, and possibly even shot at on a daily basis. Then to top all of that off, looked at by the public in general as dishonest psychopaths (if the comments here are any indication). While there are opportunities to take advantage of the power they are given, the vast majority are just doing their jobs. Every position of authority attracts the unscrupulous (politics, civil service, military, etc.), and the police have their fair share. The vitriolic responses submitted here would lead one to conclude that there are no honest police. The fact that we are already reading about it means that she will not just walk away from this unscathed. She was, after all, caught by the POLICE. If all police are as corrupt as you say, they would have given her a pass for the right amount of money, or merely by flashing her badge (quid pro quo). Lighten up people. While you have the freedom to say what you want, at least you probably won’t be shot at today.

Whitaker its time to do something now… fire all the cops and hire OCSD. Fuck the cops they should all burn in hell for the crimes they have committed. Why do you sit on your ass and do nothing? Whitaker you have the power to make a change in this city and you choose to do nothing. Get off your fat ass and fire the cops do it now!

What does FPD media communication have to do with due process that is afforded its arrestees?

No doubt you’re allowed your own opinion. Until the legal process is allowed to proceed to determine this individual’s guilt or innocence your opinion that she is guilty is not only invalid, but contrary to our beliefs as Americans.

Then again, being Unamerican is nothing new by the bloggers on this site.

Like I said you do the job for 30 years, work days, nights, holidays and dont spend time with your family because you have to testify in court. People in the public sector make alot more mone and have more benefits. If you got your facts straight you would be aware of the money they have taken away from the employees and now they want their pensions.

… and no, “Put thier lives on the line” is not dramatic, it is the very definition of the job. When someone is robbing a store, firing a weapon, etc., I seriously doubt they send in the “Albertsons truck drivers” to sort it all out.

… and no, “Put their lives on the line” is not dramatic, it is the very definition of the job. When someone is robbing a store, firing a weapon, etc., I seriously doubt they send in the “Albertsons truck drivers” to sort it all out.

Well done! Take a single line, completely out of context, make it sound like that’s a defense of her actions. “She was off duty” in context was to indicate that she was not acting in the capacity of law enforcement, but just a person stealing something. She should be treated as such, and prosecuted as such. What is sad, is that you missed the whole point. Really and truly.

Fuck Whitaker if he gave this information to the fucked up chomper travis without the officer having her due process like we all have. whitaker and travis are the 2 biggest pieces of shit out there. By the way if shes guilty of the theft she should be and will be fired.

She should be fired with no pension or benefits. This is outrageous that she would even think she could get away with it. You would have to be pretty stupid to steal something from a high security area with tons of cameras.

Hey GED copper, nice talk. Is that what they taught you at Police Academy V? How about the swine who leaked the trumped up Norby story to the union rag? How about that turd? Whatever shall we do with him?

Hey chucklehead, who has been denied due process? This is a news story about an arrest for theft. The fact that a confession accompanies the report ought to give you pause about the validity of an opinion in the case.

FFFF is the most American thing in Fullerton. The Founding Fathers would approve of this news outlet. They knew what you choose to ignore: an informed public is a safe public. Your idea of being informed is to swallow City Hall propaganda and the idiotic crap that tumbled out of the mouth of your sweetheart airhead Pam Keller.

So paradox, you don’t think that there are affirmative action initiatives for women? in a male dominated profession like law-enforcement? Looks like you should kick the shit… right out from between your ears.

BTB,
When I was in my young 20s, I used to get stopped all the time. I had a beat up old truck and long hair. I was sober and followed the rules of the road and the Vehicle Code. I counted 5 law enforcement contacts in one week! I was never cited or charged. They were professional jerks who were always pissed that I had no drugs, was sober, and had no vehicle equipment violations. Most of these were local cops, ie Fullerton, Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, and Placentia.

After a couple years of dealing with that BS I cut my hair and bought a 4-door sedan. Problem solved. I was pulled over once since then by CHP for righteously speeding.

They profiled me for the stop. Ok, I get it. But then they would get mad because I was clean. I lost track of how many times I had to do the dance to prove I wasn’t DUI. One cop, Fullerton, had me do the dance and wasn’t convinced. He had me blow into the machine which registered ZERO. He checked my eyes and then, when all else failed, he called out a k9 to search my truck. The cop and dog found nothing but made 2 hours late for work. Thanks FPD!

Now, in my grown up car with short hair and a button up shirt the cops are always very nice and “professional”. Too bad it is that way…

“While I did not appreciate the way I was treated, I was dealing with a person whose job requires, by its very nature, that they may be assaulted, abused (physically, verbally, psychologically, etc.), lied to, and possibly even shot at on a daily basis.” hence their great salaries and obscene pensions…

And therein lies the real problem with our nation; Public Employee Unions sucking up all the funding because: Its a public safety issue, its for the kids, or (God help us) a combination of the two! There is nothing left for those who truly NEED the help because they are not HERO AND do not DESERVE.

Please provide a pointer to one of those high paying teacher gigs. I wouldn’t want to become a teacher in the school district where my daughter is in high school, but I’d happily relocate to where I can work 90 days for $190k. You weren’t just spouting BS, were you?

It’s not police that are the source of the problem – they only carry out the government’s evil deeds. The real solution, rather than a world without police, is a world without this horrible, unfair Drug War. All it does is turn innocent people into criminals who would normally live a long, happy life if the government could MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS.

The scary part is that this turd probably thinks it is more his duty to shut this site and its posters down than to stop the wrongful behavior of his bretheren. In the mind of cops like Goodwrench the right to criticize has no value. The right of these cops to engage in all sorts of misdeeds without being acknowledged by their “information” officer is important because they serve the public (ie. they are better than us regular folk).

“I went to UCI but the other students were mean to me and made fun of me in the shower so I quit. Tony sez he likes me just the way god made me….I love Tony for so many reasons and not just because he smells like a camel’s asshole”.

Gonzo, Esq. :
When was the last time that a FPD officer was shot (or even shot AT) in the line of duty?

Good question Gonzo, Esq., some 21 years ago, Fullerton police officer Tommy De La Rosa was killed in the line of duty. That’s when Tommy was gunned down in an “undercover drug sting”. Tommy was attempting to sell (burn) some LA vatos of $4-million worth of cocaine in Downey. According to Fullerton Police Chief Philip Goehring De La Rosa carried in his van a “mixture” of cocaine and a non-narcotic substance that was “intended” to look like 200 kilograms of cocaine. De La Rosa was driving a “van” while one of the vatos was directing him to an address where his compas were hanging out. Tommy was promised $4 million for the coke. But the vatos had no intention of paying Tommy one cent for his coke, they had planned to rob him from day one. Of course the vatos had no idea he was an undercover cop trying to trap them into buying bogus coke.

Under the “watchful” eye of Officer Bob Elrod, in a helicopter hovering discreetly overhead, De La Rosa stepped out of his undercover van and followed Rodriguez (vato #1) to the rear of a house.

Poor De La Rosa, wearing a hidden radio transmitter, disappeared from the pilot’s view momentarily as he stepped under a covered area separating the main house from a guest house at the rear. That’s when vato #1, #2, #3 and 4 burst out of the two adjacent houses and opened fire on Tommy with pistols, shotguns and a semiautomatic weapon.

people should take accountability for their own actions. people are always quick to throw stones or monday morning quarterback….. if everyone took a good look at their actions, do the right thing all the time and mind ur own business….. would be a better place….and for the nosey idiot (concerned reader) who wants a picture, u r kidding right..get a life and don’t worry about what she looks like…..worry about yourself… its not ur job to judge someone on something u probaly have no clue about and unless u were there, u reallyh don’t know what went on…. people r not to judge, thats GODS job…

God, I guess laws have changed in California. It is guilty till proven innocent now. So many people are bashing on this police officer yet all the details have not been released. Geez, I cannot believe all these comments. I did not know there were so many pathetic people out there. Don’t y’all have anything else better to do?

Jim, what does affirmative action have to do with it? I’m sure she is a terrific officer, but looks like no one cares about it anyways. I’m sure Jim is a racist, bigot who hates all races but the Aryan race. People make mistakes. People are human. Nipsey, how would you feel if that was your relative? Just throw her to the wolves? Lenin, if you want to carry guns and badges then get a university education, graduate and apply for a job then you too could retire at 50. It is not my fault that you are an uneducated moron. Time for change, I just want to tell you fuck you! Fire all the cops and hire OCSD? Really, how does that make sense? I’m sure there are fine men and women at FPD, but you probably had a bad experience with the police and now you are out to vent your sad story. Don’t throw stones, you took the words out of my mouth. People get a life. Worry about yourself.

Travis, we don’t take about your life. I hope your corn fed, ****of a wife supports you in what you do. Maybe you should quit bashing this officer. You are good a quitting. You did not feel like finishing your education at UCI so you quit. Disney was too far of a drive, so you quit. How lazy are you? When are you going to quit this job? All your jobs have been 3-4 years, so I guess you will be quitting soon. I should go find you The Cornerstone and beat the shit out of you. I hope Travis does go by her place and I hope he gets shoot. Get a life Travis!

Tony Bushala hates the Fullerton Police because they arrested his douchebag brother, George Bushala for hit and run. The case number at Orange County courts is 11NM09313. Tony tried to get on the council to pass a law that allows the city to decide punishment on police officers, but was denied.

I might add that in the United States, it’s not uncommon for the media to publish photos of a person arrested for a crime. It’s not England where they sue you if you identify a suspect or show photos of suspects after an arrest. So, your comments do not address that point except talking stuff you don’t know about. I never said the person actually did the crime (that’s the courts to decide). This is a matter of public record because of her position.

Is there anyone otheer than a bitter Fullerton cop or the accused herself who would be so bitter about a post that is 100% true? Think about it. All these bitter, name calling trolls like Goodwrench for what? Did the woman not get arrested? Was she not identified as a Fullerton cop? Did she give a fake work address?

Never mind the truth here. After all, Bushala’s brother got a hit and run ticket and Travis has a cert from a technical school. Why didnt you guys say so in the first place? Now that we know this valuable and relevant information all cops are welcome to proceed with stealing shit from the TSA conveyor belt.

Until these facts are proven to be false Goodrench and his whining cronies are no more than spoiled bitches, upset they are being outed.

I may not necessarily agree with the language and (sometimes) the intent of this blog, but I don’t think that this post is criticizing on the entire FPD. Travis is pointing out the cops that are accused of being above the law.

As for people calling me an idiot (like don’t throw stones), maybe they should read the news more often. Mugshots are commonplace. I guess don’t throw stones wants people arrested and fined for publishing or even suggesting (like me) a photo of a suspect.

I’m not defending her or anyone else. I only stated that she is innocent till proven guilty.

If you’re not familiar with the concept I suggest you pick up a copy of the Constitution and read it. Specifically the Bill of Rights. I don’t expect you do so since there are no pictures in either one.

As far as the “winners” in the FPD. I’ll take them anytime over a whiny blogger such as yourself.

concerned reader, what r u trying to accomplish by getting a photo of this officer? does is matter what she looks like? u r asking for travis to go take a picture of her. for real???? sounds like u may be some sort of sicko stalker. the officers appearance really has nothing to do with u and nothing to do with an alleged crime. it should make no difference what ethnic backround she is.. so let it go……she is still a person and with want ur wanting by see her her picture, seems to be quite frightening.. .. it is an alleged property crime……..so once again..worry about ur self, take accountability for ur own actions… and it concerned reader..sounds like ur the only person wanted to look at a picture….who cares what she looks like..

What did I do wrong? All I asked Travis was if a picture of the arrested officer is available. If he can’t get it, then he can’t get it.

You’re digging yourself a hole that you don’t need to put yourself in. Stop attacking me for asking what is standard in journalism. Besides, you’re not making sense to me. What you’re saying is real gobbledegook.

Concerned reader :
“I went to UCI but the other students were mean to me and made fun of me in the shower so I quit. Tony sez he likes me just the way god made me….I love Tony for so many reasons and not just because he smells like a camel’s asshole”.

Okay. That was funny. Does Tony really smell like a camel’s asshole? I’ve never met him so I’ll have to take this guy’s word for it.

Just read the police report.
There are a lot of good cops, and then there are those who are morally tweaked.
The report states when asked if she had found it, her reply was that she intended to keep it.
Finders keepers?
Let’s say you see someone in the line ahead of you drop a quarter.
They don’t notice, but you have a choice.
Let them know?
Or stay quiet and take it?

Most people I know would let the person know, even point it out or pick it up and hand it to the person. It seems like such a small example, but it’s an important one. Because this same person would probably give an iPad back if they saw someone leave it at the counter, or turn it into Lost & Found.

The arresting officer even gave her a way out. She could have said, “Oh, here, Officer,” and ran on the plane. Chances are, it would have been over. Truthfully, the finding and keeping of an expensive item isn’t against the law. It’s an act of high seas douchebaggery, but not illegal. But there is something incredibly wrong with the person who enters the airport without an iPad, but then leaves with one that they have not purchased. It’s a big ticket item, plus it has some personal meaning to someone. Family photos, notes, business calendar. It’s not a small thing.

Frankly, I would have loved to see them find the registration, and watch her face as another person’s name came up.
I’ll let a court of law find her guilty or not. And I’ll hope the Fullerton PD has suspended her without pay. People don’t like to work with people who steal things, so this might be a good break for every good cop on the force.
Good job, Travis.

Sure lets all forget that she has put her life on the line for others & took many unsafe drivers off the road. She made one mistake of not turning it in. There’s not one perfect Law enforcement officer out there!!! The idiot that lost the iPod doesn’t deserve it back. If it was my i-pad oh well thats why i get for losing it.
Best of luck Kellz! -Chely

Chely,
It’s very very important that those in their chosen profession never cross the line into thievery, and corruption. Believe me, there are loads of her colleagues who do just that. They are decent individuals, who understand the difference between selflessness and selfishness.

What you’re saying is that it’s okay for her to steal. If it’s okay for her to steal, it’s okay for you and everyone is to do so as well.
What you give approval for us nothing short of lawlessness.

Simply put, you’re giving us a flawed argument, like something out of a reality TV housewife show. Which is this: “As long as I get what I want, it’s alright.”
But such selfishness is the downfall of civilized society. And the police report points to someone who has engaged in a criminal act –one that grates against the grain of a civilized society.

This site is for nutballs. Everyone agrees if your in LE and you steal you should be out of LE. What this site does is paints everyone with the same brush. If one is dirty they all are dirty in your mind. That is bullshit. But I’ve read this site enough to know that Tony, Travis, Chris, Bruce and Sebourn believe they are accurate in portraying all police, fire and government workers as bad. There are more people that work for the city that are extremely hard working honorable people that do a fabulous job under shitty conditions and not everyone is like this soon to be former officer. One day you’ll grow up and realize that

@concerned reader, u never answered, why do u want a pic of her????yes they show mug shots (some old) when they are looking for a criminal or possibly if they are looking for victims and high profile….i have not read that she is any of these. therefore it is frightening that u want a pic and u would suggest that travis go get one of here…. so in seeing a pic, what will u get out of that?

It’s inevitable that a mug shot will come out. This is the media age, and whether it shows up in the OC Register, on this blog, or on TMZ ignores the fact that such things are public record.
It’s one of the downsides to breaking the law.

It don’t matter what color or race this cop is. Like so many donut gangsters she is a criminal with a badge. The worst part is that the people of Fullerton pay her salary. The donut gang is running a-muck in SoCal. From Dago north to the Oregon border.

@#78 back the badge .> it is they who beat down an innocent mentally ill man till he could not breath any more it is they who are paid buy the tax payers to do there job with dignity yes when we the citizens call on police for a problem it is expected to do there job correctly and not brutalize people just because they can
what we do not expect is the inhuman conduct that the 6 bottom feeders conducted.we don’t need police like Hampton smashing cell phones because he is afraid he will be caught doing an illegal beat down.lets face it Fullerton cops have a very easy gig i have 2 family members who police the Bronx they are real cops they deal with the dregs of society and the lows of the low Fullerton cops work in fantasy land more like Disney land.USA soldiers put there lives on the line for our freedom every second Fullerton PD you shamefully call your self peace officers Oxymoron comes to mind.

Here’s an idea: Use the petition initiative process to require mandatory random drug-testing of police officers in Fullerton. Do it also for the firemen/ paramedics.
I will bet you “dollars on the donuts” that Officer Mejia has a substance addiction.
A well-crafted ordinance will send the message that if a public employee wishes to be super-overcompensated, he or she must face a higher level of accountability.
WSH

This is the time McKinley needs to insert his foot into his mouth in regards to his comment about “out of towners being trouble makers.” Because once again, he is absolutely correct…Mejia is from Whittier. And was hired under his authority. I love how she stated to the officer her intentions were to keep something she stole. So now Fullerton citizens need to be concerned about being groped, raped, murdered and having property stolen.

so this case of a FPD intention to keep something she stole, directly shows that the victim in the last story, who had money taken from him,
shows that stealing would not be an outlandish practice by this group of mafia wannabes who’s leader is none other than Sellers- I think she stole this so Sellers could put this prize in with his other stolen treasure booty much like Hitler and his SS men did to jews during the war

She will get off the felony charge because its a first offense and she is a peace officer. So it will be a misdemeaner with community service or other BS. Such is life in the “Naked City”. Sellers will let her off with a slap on the wrist, IF he is still the police chief. OK OK he is sick, I know!

Anonymous :Like I said you do the job for 30 years, work days, nights, holidays and dont spend time with your family because you have to testify in court. ***People in the public sector make alot more mone and have more benefits.***(emphasis mine) If you got your facts straight you would be aware of the money they have taken away from the employees and now they want their pensions.

Anonymous :
Like I said you do the job for 30 years, work days, nights, holidays and dont spend time with your family because you have to testify in court. People in the public sector make alot more mone and have more benefits. If you got your facts straight you would be aware of the money they have taken away from the employees and now they want their pensions.

ahahaha i’m older than this woman, don’t make nearly as much, have nearly the same benefits, and work in the GLORIOUS PRIVATE SECTOR, and i’m lucky that i even have a job in the first place.

Anonymous :Like I said you do the job for 30 years, work days, nights, holidays and dont spend time with your family because you have to testify in court. People in the public sector make alot more mone and have more benefits. If you got your facts straight you would be aware of the money they have taken away from the employees and now they want their pensions.

Wow, what a crazy discussion. Let’s get something straight. This isn’t about public vs. private employees. This is about cops, who get paid extraordinarily well compared not just to private sector employees but also to OTHER public sector employees. 86K for someone less than 30 years old is fantastic beyond most college students’ wildest dreams.

the benefits for coppers are WAY better than I get or ever got in private sector, I do not get a pension or matched in my 401k-everything in the 401K comes from my paycheck in private sector, I dont get full pay for 1 yr if I go out on disability in private sector, I dont make near 86 thousand a year in private sector , and the coppers know what to expect from a copper job BEFORE they sign on to it, no one holds a gun to their head to keep it-quit, if you dont want to do it anymore, dont beat taxpayers to death because you are unhappy because youre damn pension that we cant afford anymore, is being threatened or you have to work on christmas, QUIT Nurses and doctors have to work holidays too and weekends and most have no pensions now. jackass…thats what youre paid to do and you know it and I pay for it.

Re: Posting of a picture of the Fullerton officer who after 6 years on the force makes $86,000 per year + a huge benefit package:
The picture should be posted. Everyone should know who she is as she signed the arrest warrant in Miami. If I am arrested for stealing an I-Pad, the newspapers and internet have every right to publish my mugshot.
Police are NOT above the law. They FOLLOW the law and enforce the law and if they cannot do it without stealing, then they should be reprimanded, fined, demoted and picture published! Officer Goodbody seems to have his picture posted as the public information officer at $135,000 per year even though he is useless, at least he gets his picture posted. Officers Cicinelli and Ramos had their pictures in the newspaper! NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!

don’t throw stones :
people should take accountability for their own actions. people are always quick to throw stones or monday morning quarterback….. if everyone took a good look at their actions, do the right thing all the time and mind ur own business….. would be a better place….and for the nosey idiot (concerned reader) who wants a picture, u r kidding right..get a life and don’t worry about what she looks like…..worry about yourself… its not ur job to judge someone on something u probaly have no clue about and unless u were there, u reallyh don’t know what went on…. people r not to judge, thats GODS job…

God’s job? Oh for fucks sake. It’s that kind of thinking that keeps people from taking responsibility for themselves. Own your shit people. And grow the fuck up already. Fuck.

From link: “Can we really survive without government police? When we consider how much they do to disrupt civil society, it would seem obvious that we can. The police, on balance, are a force for decivilization and disorder. They commit massive violations of person and property. They enforce gun and drug laws that basically create organized crime and breed gang activity. Most of what they do encourages, rather than diminishes, violence. Despite all this, America remains a fairly civilized place. If we survived this long with the police, just imagine how much better off we’d be without them.”

She will need God’s help and that of the “Three Blind Mice” to keep her job. But she will keep her job, after all it is Fullerton PD.
How would you like to report a burglary and when the Fullerton PD comes to investigate, they steal more stuff. You complain, they can tell you to just add it to the insurance list of losses!
What a PD, amazing!

You have got to be freaking kidding me with this GED slut or at best high school grad with Cs and Ds making $86k – and still “needing” to be a felonious thief.

But frankly more fundamentally troubling is the fact that cops are making this kind of money. This is beyond absurd. My native state is broke, and yet they are paying out money like this for some scum bag young cop – and of course with the benefit package it’s well in excess of $100k. Get real; get rid of the unions.

ExPat ExLawyer :
You have got to be freaking kidding me with this GED slut or at best high school grad with Cs and Ds making $86k – and still “needing” to be a felonious thief.
But frankly more fundamentally troubling is the fact that cops are making this kind of money. This is beyond absurd. My native state is broke, and yet they are paying out money like this for some scum bag young cop – and of course with the benefit package it’s well in excess of $100k. Get real; get rid of the unions.

The exploitation of the taxpayers of Fullerton by the FPD union in cohoots with the corrupt city council who have handed over whatever they want in abusive excessive contracts, needs to be examined by a grand jury. The disability riders are a joke. The FPD need to be stripped of collective bargaining, these animals don’t deserve respect or the contracts they are extorting from the public.

Paul :
She will need God’s help and that of the “Three Blind Mice” to keep her job. But she will keep her job, after all it is Fullerton PD.
How would you like to report a burglary and when the Fullerton PD comes to investigate, they steal more stuff. You complain, they can tell you to just add it to the insurance list of losses!
What a PD, amazing!

Paul wake up these. Most crimes unreported are cops who loot crime scenes, steal from the dead and share with the brass back at the FPD bunker. Same FPD bunker that did nothing while they watched in REAL TIME an extended live HD view of the Kelly Thomas execution.

Paul :
Re: Posting of a picture of the Fullerton officer who after 6 years on the force makes $86,000 per year + a huge benefit package:
The picture should be posted. Everyone should know who she is as she signed the arrest warrant in Miami. If I am arrested for stealing an I-Pad, the newspapers and internet have every right to publish my mugshot.
Police are NOT above the law. They FOLLOW the law and enforce the law and if they cannot do it without stealing, then they should be reprimanded, fined, demoted and picture published! Officer Goodbody seems to have his picture posted as the public information officer at $135,000 per year even though he is useless, at least he gets his picture posted. Officers Cicinelli and Ramos had their pictures in the newspaper! NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!

PAUL YOU ARE 100% CORRECT. We need to push for public disclosure of all the details, especially a photo of this thief. Paul, the FPD do what they want. They all know that they will be let of the hook and do it again.
ANY COP CAUGHT BREAKING THE LAW SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO DOUBLE PUNISHMENT. AFTER ALL THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY’RE THE PILLARS OF EXAMPLE.

Ha. You funny. FYI pensions ardent changing for anyone that has been a cop already. The only change will be to new hires. So as you say yes all of us pigs will ride off into the sunset smiling for a job well done.

Chicken you know why. I said it many times earlier. Ron didn’t want the outside radical attention on this. He didn’t want the masks. He didn’t want the anti police activists jumping on the wagon. He didn’t want the political teams of Bushala using Kelly for future gain. It was clear that was all happening. He wanted justice and he doesn’t think all cops are bad. He got what he wanted. All that is left is trial and his millions. Everything has died down now. It’s quiet. The only noise is here among this political group. John & Ken idea is dead too. The Mexican activists are all over them. They don’t need more problems from this group. Sometimes reality is what reality is.

I am all about supporting good cops, but I am tired of hearing cops say they put there lives on the line everyday! We do appreciate it, but officers choose that profession, they were not drafted to do it.

I am sure they didn’t start out as killers; it’s a process. Step by step they lost their moral compass. They start out first with harassing citizens, stopping them for bogus reasons. Then they plant evidence, arrest people on bogus charges, murder…..

Reputation doesn’t stray too far from the truth. Many people have experienced first hand with corrupt cops or have known family or friends who have.

There are people who are insecure, power hungry who are attracted to jobs where they can lord over others. You should go visit police academies once in a while. It’s no longer just people that want to do good for their community.

And as far as being off-duty, you can’t switch from being a thief in your private life to being a moral person on the job. It’s doesn’t work that way.

THIS IS ABOUT , MURDER , CORRUPTION , EVIL , BRUTALIZING KELLYS SOUL , THIS IS ABOUT , OUR SOCIETY , IT IS NOT ABOUT RON THOMAS’ MILLION DOLLAR PAY OUT , OR COMMANDING SOME BULLSHIT IDEA OF KELLYS ARMY,

THERE IS A ARMY THAT KELLY WAS IN , and it diddnt have his name on it,

When I first heard that response a few months back, my gut instinct was, that’s just rich conservatives beating up on working people.

But the more I looked at the evidence, the clearer it became. That answer is correct. There’s more to it than that, but the unions get laws passed that give the police virtual immunity from prosecution and make it next to impossible to touch their salary, benefits, pensions etc. NO MATTER WHAT.

Meija is a good case in point. Being arrested looks bad for a cop, but the rules mandate she must be placed on leave WITH PAY. She’ll be paiid until the court finds her guilty and she has an administrative hearing etc. and then they decide to fire her. Which will probably be next year some time.

By that time, she’ll have earned enough to buy a good 100 IPads I’m guessing.

$89,000/year + generous pension + nice benefits + big overtime + excellent health care for a patrol officer in Fullerton.
What about the rest of the murder cops and their gangs?
People robbed banks but only Fullerton government employees robbing its people in modern society.

So much for advocating a just and fair system. Shouldn’t the system provide due diligence to all of America’s citizens (whether it be a police officer or not)? Yea it starts with you Fullerton Future. Fullertons Future talks the talk but rather seems to be propelling itself off of tragedy for political gain (now thats worst than corrupt cops and council members). That would mean innocent until proven guilty, not the Blogosphere’s catch 22 of advocating a fair system yet reporting “hang the bitch” articles. What I see here is a bunch of fake Faux News Tea Party people attacking unions. You people and the unions disgust me. Build the city up, don’t tear it down.